courgette bounty

August 24, 2009  |  farming, veggie  |  No Comments

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courgette and summer squash bounty.

quinoa

June 19, 2004  |  veggie  |  No Comments

quinoa with roasted vegetables nikon coolpix, 3100last night SKand i ate quinoa pilaf for supper. cooked by moi. tonight he is cooking supper.

recipe:
heat the oven to 200 degrees (centigrade)
chop up the vegetables of your choice into sizes of your choice
i used:
red, green, yellow peppers,
celery,
aubergine,
courgette,
mushrooms,
onions
tomato
grate some garlic cloves over the vegetables
pour a dash of olive oil over
(the aubergine and courgette were placed on a oven proof griddle, all other vegetables can go in a roasting tin or a pyrex dish.
place vegetables in the oven to roast

next, the quinoa

heat a dash of olive oil, the zest of a lemon and a bit of orange lemon zest.
when you can smell the lemon, add 100 grams of quinoa to the olive oil, lemon and orange zest
heat the grain for a few minutes
add the juice of two oranges and half a lemon and some water
bring to boil and simmer until the grain is cooked.

when the vegetables are roasted and the quinoa is cooked, arrange on a platter.

serve